Do you guys really stick to the procedure to charge it for 8 hours even if the light is green, vape for about 20 minutes and charge for an additional hour to break in the battery? Is this protocol really necessary?
Charging Battery's for the First Time
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No, that is obsolete info. The old nickel-cadmium batteries needed a long initial charge, and it was advised that you completely discharge them before recharging.
E-cig batteries are lithium-ion. There is no advantage to charging them beyond when the green light comes on, and you can recharge them when they are not fully discharged.
So, once the green light comes on, vape away!
I was always told this:
Once charged according to manual that it ensures that each consecutive charge lasts longer. I could be wrong only because this is what I was told by somebody else so please forgive me if it turns out to be false. I do it each and every time I get a new battery, it hasn't let me down yet. Although it is my choice of e-cigarette hands down-and the most reasonably priced as well. Happy vaping! Chow 4 now
Man, I really really wanna take radicaljd's advice merely due to the fact that I'll be too excited to get the Riva just to put it on the wall for 8 hours just to have it stare back at me!!! Hahaha.
Any other thoughts on this?
Any other thoughts on this?
I did this on one of my Riva's and not the other and they have both been working excellent for over a month. <knock on wood>
Another vote here for don't worry about it and vape away. I think the instructions are just a hold-over from the older battery days. Everything I have read says that with lithium-ion, there should be no difference between the first charge and the 100th.
I love this one too!!! I was actually thinking that same exact thing! I was going to do it for 1 and not the other. You just saved me 8 hours!
I charged one battery for 2.5 hours then vaped, the second battery was charged for about 4 to 5 hours both work equally well albeit they are only a week old, LOL
Batteries just might show up with a green lite but doing a full charge is important - they do not come fully charged and ready to go....
Batteries just might show up with a green lite but doing a full charge is important - they do not come fully charged and ready to go....
In most cases, you can vape them right out of the box. It doesn't hurt them at all.
Got my Riva today and just started vaping away on one battery. Put the other on on charge until it turned green then swapped them about.
Just vape full force on that first battery out of the box until the light turns green, or your face turns green, whichever occurs first.
Lithium batteries have two important voltages. The max charge voltage based on what type of lithium battery is used, and what we call the cut off voltage, that is the minimum voltage allowed to avoid damage to the battery. These new batteries do not benefit from over charging. Actually the battery charger senses when the battery has reached its max voltage then stops charging. Hence the green light. You can leave the charger hooked up to it for a week and it will got no better charge than one that was taken off as soon as the green light comes on! If it makes you feel better then leave it on the charger. Its not going to hurt anything, but its not going to help!
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